HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1921-9-1, Page 2Kaaren* communications to Animas
• The Farm Flock in Late Sumner.
Pullets acid cockerels that feather
rapidly make the best laying and must
vigoroos ,farm !tack. Such birds should
be banded so that they ean be retained
when the flock is culled in the fall.
It.payst to band all the bees that are
held aver so their ages will be known
and they will not be held longer than
their peeled of usefidriess, or confused
with birds of a younger age. Many
yearling hens look muck like pullet
When the hens are through the most
and the beeds help to , istinguisn
therm.
The high nLI•mat layers make the
best breeders foe the fermi !lock. Ile ns
with high egg records have caftan
proveti poer breeders. The hi he_t,
pr+ ;lasers are apt. exhanst their
energy in ft°g , pre& etien and this
Means Iola vinality in the ehielee.
Rea:eel: er ,Yat * , m,pel. sills cab-
bages .,aleft' t,.5a 1.'.L„ for
pe .;!try tt G . meet .t wit:-,eZ. Green feed
teeie lecep p:',.;een very neer enemy as a,
e etLr egg p:'>D.,. .,111 it. n.€,.. (Its-
, h,•• ::t^':l:y. In green
ti, seeee t^'e life of five heies .illi
...airy, oneety ,Seeen union. eggs Leet
,tSnivel!: rely fer ,.a,te
e, ,I leb m ere,It 1: .ee,iing
eteeele ore! , et:hee eve they vale
Sri , r re lt•r's. It is, neearetta tea. teteiee far both home and fareigne
;leo t Sey ‘..nee a. >m :7etz^' that are tiairltets. Ile is :i type, nota breed.
gee:. .ayere. It : a zee toad a serpluse AA ;c mile the weight limits of the;
'o in...ike tap dor et- ereateettel losers. baeen hit are fixe- at IttO to 200 lbs.1
if ► 1
Tuberculosis in Cattle,
lariti'sh. health officers believe that,
if tubercuaosts could he entirely eradi-I
sated frozu dairy cattle, the complaint!
would be reduced at least fifty per;
cent, in human beings. How necessary;
efforts in this direction may become'
may thus be well understood. By co-;
apo • tion between the Danminion and.
'Washington voted ave million (jolters
far compensation eine sale ries, Tv.
receive a certificate a -accreditation a
herd must pass,, three soma -annual,
tests without a reactor and'at the end
of a year be s ibiect to another teat;
So far the work has been confined to
pure-bred herds, but there is a like_ li
hood of its being eetent ed, with in
,u>ah, 7a Adelaide S. West. Terontee
i creased grants for expendituze, to
I provincial, departments of Agri ulture a commercial
very p1 fusible to believe that money a great deal has been, •and is being acct grade. herde of dairy
oan be saved by grinding home-grown complished, Canada has been proved a cattle..
Int'
grain or grain purvhased from the to possess the healthiest live stock of
neighbors. For large flo�eks a power-, any country, The adoption of the Ac -
grinder is needed. For small" farm' credited Herd Plan is in the w:ay of
flocks, of the1 size hand-' aehievin mull toward the perpetua
How to Feed Rabbits,
A rabbit is the cleanest, most Par-
ticular largest
animal when it comes to eat -
grinders will veryuseful. - tion of good health, particularly in lug; he win go hungry rather than eat me,,ns to abuses i a Masters, The people in the pictures
b Now provet - and oil our dairy cattle, In.191? the len was 1 things hees not want. He is answer our own question by saying, s p
i�taw is the time to c.ean , 3 P some thi g da p are their friends and it is the drama -
the stove breve -tiers and store them intro :need in the United States Qand! a vegetarian, but does not care for Art is a means of happiness and af
t year. Ifleft in the colony ` has proven eminently successful, Two' ragweed nor mustard; be will nibble means of .expression, If we ask fur tic rather than the esthetic consader?a-
faI rex gt p � b tion that effects thorn,
l e- nae rusty and years later it was adopted in this: a t curled dock oz pigweed, and rather then whether it may be both to all,
Ino...a:s they r.il_ b :A i t h
uncle: -n. Stove pipes, will also rust' country, and, already there is evidence! likes plantain and mallow, When
quickly and they should be drummed, of much good having been brought: given the chance, rabbits search out
out and stored in a dry room. The about, especially as animals belonging i clover; they eat the flowers first, then
film of oil on the iron stoves keeps' to herds proven to be absolutely clean l the leaves and stems. Sometimes
out rust and helps the stove to deliver, anti in receipt of certificates to that; even the roots are dug up, for bunny
many years of serviee. ^ effect can be freely exported to the; does love clover:
United States. At the end of July. • Young rabbits require little bat their
what hakes a Bacon Hog? ; last in this country 522 herds were mother's milk for the first six or eigbt
undergoing the tuberculin test to en-' weeks. Once a day they can be given
To pro, tete the lean, mild -cured side' able them to qualify for certificate -4.! a mixture of bread and milk, and after
I.Iz:>wn as "Wiltshire" we require a At the salve time there were 100 the first month hay and grain can be
rag% deep, smooth pig, possessing a names of herd prcprietcrs on the wait gradually introclueed,
alit i:e ea, and ,erioultler, an even back,• trig list, and so numerous were the' Oats are the only suitable grain for
not tai; vide, lint well covered with' Applications for the service, and the, rabbits, and Blunt be crushed for the
le i, set net fat. The sides from ecnsequent c:emards upon the Health; little fellows under three months of
,, .t, s .v,l •7 „ e inn t 1' ' (heel s 22 .. i l inlittle bran, heed.
1-.tt,. +3f , imc .,.a.e_ t, hem P of Animals staff, that over .,..0 ethers age. Also, a, uzi., a a
sell long, the rill -hcirt }anti si't�nlu laid to be temporarily refused. I*p to titice a day, except when a doe is
teat b a:i"y and dropping almost at' the purled, mentioned no fewer than:; nursing, Give her a noon meal. In
''•'.: angles, the un lernne straight • 30,362 tests and retests had been made" summer the larger pert of eachemeal
.:r..i free from tlublisl:ess, the haat, and. 3,310 reactors had been condemn•I should be green. stuff --clover, plan.
.meati and taperin with the meal -,ed, neeessitat:ng the payment of twin aid grasses. La•su cuttings are
intim einat:nt of flesh en time o ttale $306,404 in eompeins•at'tcn. The extent! good.
Tile pig sh:�u:,t sthiIe�don strong, butt of the work i ai'rit=d on in the Unite:j' Hay is a uecessary part of the robe
r.: • c'eaarete meal} ba'iar,.e�1 legs and States will be understood wheu it is bit's diet, but it must be sweet and
.,t ;et.el nrl,t la vigi:•rous, healthy and' Stated that this year Cengrese atj free free} meld. Sonne breedere keep(
;;o:'.i fee,:cr. This is the kin:! of
The, Welfare of the : Home
":Ar#. and the Little Child
Art' is a big.wbrd to 'uee in eon- display of 'bright fruit preserves or
neetian, with a little child who at, aluminum dishes in the kitchen arta
present' 15.abbie to distinguish only the' the use of well -selected paint and
Primary colors and
are a fantastic scribble. But all the good taste in the humblest home. -
child is going to be ,grows out of what; All studies that have been made of.
he is, and all that he is going to have children's interest in pictures indi-.
depends upon the wisdom of our tate that their first' liking is almost
giving now.
l ovhally for the atony, They are not
When we ask ouraolves \what artj very particular about the color, and
n be'nM we .loan they have no inborn, taste for tine Old
.
ovhose drawing wall, -papers may accustom a child to
eine tat :. : €,r =,a. e I ...3 i e t Silo E.' %l igh . AT Tile Fame tame, a mot;'!
The Ideal Kitchen
t e . hate t e faec. t: a h.:sets o retie weigh ::lightly mare than "2ta0 I wonder if every womnan is posses -i
3 a, i 't �,,, , �t, let In geed •a seal w'ath a nun" tot rippnzg to pieces;
..,.. ; l .:: ti\' ... anent ani :ail: a tLe a IS'a.x .hire slid making over. There's the matter;
ar ° g.6•:1: m :aC 1,. ..e, ken• ova 1, ie , the . de, a lge however, r liawr t'
<. m. t ase ere, e e , . of houses. I never moved into a house
teen len pore a;r.l t ,r e, ,1 w'1 et the .,, 1 e tee fat after they reach the: ,
s.t esla :..,s,3,. is a:et:e a.l ••,t tt-,c 20e he rr,ara. —with one exception— that I didn't'
`Y, ` immediately 'Want to move a few
a" . � , , e must pies i.: a a regular supply. moms around, st1•eteh e, once out send,
�',..t.. a ,'e'e,le hue n 1::lis? ewe:ea. We ex., stn into the lin lne:s for'
a.
r" eaten 3 •lm~ n then t
t.n. a .. to six n.�T:� , � the ;ear and nc .
e • well I thought I was gang to ilia It
c, Y i
make0I3' smaller, matter ho\
e e no a
tea,
'], tease e .; ' to ',ever ' teem- illi of t for ex nim! s without hay- before. L speelalh the Icitc
'nee , it t a ;,l 'ea . ,\, "a. e t_amre• i .a general .avem:tge! of price that is.
felly etel veer er ;het q:I...ty Yi.npru#\talde both to producer .and but ti thaten
grows at this propensity,
e
any .n: leant and a few peer hens tither, Steele a course bre:ll; trade' to tl.a- is because they do rot have;
1 p to do the work. The reason most"
:are • uteri ".gill aut.,Is,;,+.'' ^ afits t_•' rte:tions, lee •e-.omers and ill- houses do not eu t wotnen vi because':
i +3 -,.y, Large eteetry finehs le quire' tlntately results in a cutting of prices
n' ai.' Cluil}me'att and the work is tan on the ;cart Of the packer to get these a man piens ansa builds thele, Vned'
fesiret a»ral discaurte•i' unless. the: customers back, The farmer must a beldam do you find a house in planned;
r, a to n u t p y• by a woman. That is why in mast,.
t e::>tar nil eltalf 11 eel has plenty of the price for this irregularity. The ,
kitchens the pink is so law you nearay
.,m.Scil fuel evilnna: °. en which tot British buyer must have the assurance break your back evert- time you wash
•za
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rlti.mse l of a regular ' uppiy, otherwise he will the dishes. I was in one the other!
,Egg pt„ duction end mill, production utilize sources where the salmply: as day where the only way a woman of l
.ae often ecm»a red tie if they were' dependable. In short, our supply must medium height could ever make use;
allite similar. But the eow prt;duees be organized to meet the supply of of the sink would be to sit down. Thel
one citif �a year and then furnishes the trade. If the market wants hogs cupboards are invariably in the wrong,
food fen the eta. The hens forms the - in September then October market
corner of a man-made kitchen the:
rosssiliility of a Ilvelt ehcek with every, ing will not do, It may suit our con- stove as far from
om the table as it can;
egg pro breed. In other wards, the, venience but it will not build up our be put, and the pantry, if they :con-;
en tied is laying haat°fly is eonstint business. descend to give you one at all, as far;
etriving to repro lueee herself and; It is this irregularity in the pro- from the .stove and your table as it
teat s a greater strain on the vitality duction of our hogs that has been
than is the CNA(' with they cow giving directly responsible for what is often
atilt•
'wrongfully termed over -production.
A few capona for bete use will be A study of our Canadian market
greatly appreeiated during the winter. shows such irregularity of marketing
But a set of capon toole is not a sure, to exist.
road to profit with cockerels. Capons The above extracts are front a gam
must have plenty of feed: to develop phlea "The Bacon Hog and the British
/urge frames and plenty of meat. At Market," issued by the Department of
the present cost, of growing poultry Agriculture, Supplementing this in -
meat it does net seem possible to formation is the statement in a sec
make much profit on capons, Those and pamphlet, "Bacon Pigs in Can -
that are raised must be skillfully mar- ads," by Dr. J. A. Grisdale when at
keted where they are appreciated, the Central Experimental Farm, that
"Pigs most nearly conforming to the
requirements are found in greatest
numbers among Large Improved
Yorkshires, Tanmworths and Berk -
r ' sight of many fire birds inspires 1 shires and among their grades and
:he, poultry keeper to make more effort crossbreds. The Large Improved
management of his own stock. Yorkshires in shape come very nearly
A the poultry show is needed to being ideal bacon pigs. They furnish
1 a up the interest in the standard- a very large proportion of carcasses
br, i fowls.
It seems as if the time has arrived
when the home feed grinder should
go with every poultry flock of any
size. With these grinders it is pos-
sible to track small grades and save
the buying of fine chick scratch
grain. Corn can also be cracked for
the growing stock. On rainy days the
grain for mash can be ground up and
mixed. At the present price of grain
A. visit to the poultry show at the
%'air is often a stimulus to the pbui-
try keeper on the farm. Visits with
:cher breeders are often enoouras•ing.
answering the requirements of the
best bacon trade. The hams are well
developed and the proportion of fat
to lean is usually about right. Tam -
worths, red pigs, are almost invari-
ably deep -sided and long -bodied, but
are not infrequently rather light in
the ham. Berkshires, black pigs, in
conformation are not quite so well
suited for the bacon trade as some
of the other `breeds, but they are very
and commercial dry mash it seems well suited for pasturing."
Good Livestock Pays More
Than Good Crops.
A survey of 242 fames in Durham
county, Ontario, just issued by the De-
partment of Farm E'eonomics, furnish-
es renewed proof that geed livestock
is a more potent factor in the success
of mixed farming than are good crops.
The following is a summary of the
conclusions in the recent report of
the survey. It shows the returns which
the farmers concerned received for
their year's work which varied ac-
cording to•the crops they raised, plus
the quality of the livestock they kept:
On Farms with -poor crops:
Labor income from—
Poor livestock $ 97.00
Average livestock 891400
Good livestock ... ` 1,076.00
On Farms with average crops:
Labor income .frown
Poor livestock :$ .332.00
Average livestock . 1,568.00
Good livestock ` 1,729.00
On Farms with good crops:
Labor income from
' Poor livestock .. $ 744.00
Average livestock 1,416.00
Good livestock 1,254.00
"Increases of $455, *$592 and $717
lin. be credited," the report adds, "to
e growing of better crops, and $985,
,227 and $1,344 clan be credited to
the keeping and.breeding of better
livestock—all about twice the increas-
es due to growing better crops.
"Livestock is the market through
which the mixed farmer sells the
greater portion of his crops. If then,
the quality of his stock ranks low in
quality, the prices he receives for his
grain, hay, silage and roots will be
correspondingly low; showing the fu -
hay of growing large :crops to
market
n}arket through poor stock.
"Thus it can be safely stated" that
the greatest single factor making for
successful livestock . farming, either
beef or dairy or mixed, is a higher
quality of livestock."
Rules for Harvesting Apples.
1. 'Pick lower limbs first. '2:. See
that the ladder le pushed into the tree
gently so as not to knock off or bruise
the fruit. 3. Hang the basket 90 as.
to be •able to pick with both hands. 4.
Lay the apples in;. not drop or- throw
them, 5. Pick no specked apples;. 6.
Pick no small, green ones. 7. to not
take much time picking a few little.
apples • out of reach. 8. In emptying,
pour gently,' as your would eggs,` 9.
Do not set one basket or crate on'
another so that the apples below will
be bruised, 10. Lift and set down
gently all filled crates. 11. Use spring
wagon in hauling, avoid rough ground',
and go slow except on :trmeoth road.
can be put.
I have had six kitchen workshops
in may housekeeping days, and only one
The sink was high enough from the
floor to allow me to stand upright.
Indeed, I could rest my arms on the
edge while I washet dishes. It was
large erauth to hold both dishpans
at once. At the left of the sink, be-
tw•eer, it and the cupboards, was a
n
awithand
l ,t -covered tin.. n
builten table, c d
n o c,
with ore broad shelf beneath. This
II a,le aan ideal cupboard for dishpan
sronring material, extra soap, baking
tin•, etc. The remaining space in the
le ttonn of the cupboards was divided
into space for a flour bin and drawers
for dishtowels, kitchen aprons, cutlery
and paper. I kept the spices, flavor-
ing, etc., in the cupboard over the
flour bin. Without moving front the
table I could reach. everything I need-
ed with which to bake.
At the right of the sink was n
wooden drip board, grooved, rumain'
from sink to west wall. Alongside
of this stood the Mange, and pust north
of tate range the door leading into tho
yard. Over this door was a transom.
With the transom open and the kichen
window open a tiny crack at the bot-
tom, odors and steam were sucked out-
side. Standing at the 'sink I could by
one step reach stove or cupboard. Bak-
ing was a dream, and meal -getting
4/WING ROOM
vve reply: It may .be a means of is suggests w at we are to do.
Th
happiness to all, and although, Let us'select book -pictures and plc-
to only a few can it be a tures for the home walls that tell
way •.of adequate exprossion, yet. beautiful stories in a beautiful way.
there is little doubt that everybody, R Lot us implant images that will al
ed, canto same de- ways be treasures worth while, both
if carefully train
gree,,express himself through art. $1 because they are good art and because
importance of art then is not the pas ! they aR n eternally esvhatpwe can earl
sibility that we .may discover and tie-• it t; y
veld a few masters, but that we may
and
often, to help the child enjoy calor
p and sen beauty in nature nunr tho
open to all the people new pathways haler, haying made good pictures iia
of self-expression and happiness. friends we may ex eft to find him
The beginning of every art is in , • p
ready to make scute effortsat self-
appreciation, The wise mether to -day expre ;sen thronigh pictures, Goad
does not have her child ''bogie musma sense tc+lls mss that we should place
by sitting him down. reluctant, u', the \\.!thin his reach a few strong colors,
piano and having hies "take' music an easy medium and modelslargely
lessons, like an inoculation, Slzo sees of life pea Choosing. Soft orations
to it that he hears mach good anisic furnish the hest first medium and
from the cradle days until he is, as saran etc talars. His first efforts volsl.
it were, saturated with music, and is lie to portray an idea rather then an
eager to find some way of expressing a linage. If he starts to make a night
4
racier of eters. Deli !, •n rather than
feel f 1 to
;has efforts to portray stetson will be ex -
music with .: his voice and fingers. a pie:ure it 1.111 prchably consist of a
And SO the way to help a child to
art is to Nein loam to of color
dr,'eeving will be his mood. and his
rejoice in fixe and sunlight and s
dews, to enjoy treeing out happy de trerely "impressionistic." Freedom,
signs, and perhaps best of all, to soy reel vigor rcttlser teen tmc^ninety
learn to love pictures. ? should be the Mm. Tracing is useless
The homeliest playthings niny be and eopybig vain, but the young child
used to develop the color -sense. Bright who rmnkes I,^tnres his other Ian -
bits of pottery, marbles, scraps of gtaage, who tries to say something
cloth, shells, flowers, gold -fish, rill with his faneer,', bus Lague to climb
afford daily opportunities, and even a the "Dele.t,ible Mount<une. "
hay before the rabbis all the time.. , ---
!I urin
-----!iguring to lessee the appetite for
nm c1n ee < stuff is
Too u r n
"greens."
b
sure to make the very young pot-
bellied, Never feed green stair when .
it is wet with dew or rain,
The adult rabbit that bas a liberal
ureal of green food in the morning
will relish a handful of oats andcome'
alfalfa in the evening. Rabbits must
have green food in the winter too.
' Beets, kale and turnips are good,
though it the turnips aro wilted they
have little food value. Some raisers
coudemn cabbage, thtnngh 1 have seen
nobad results from its .moderate use,
Watch the amount of grain food
` consumed; if it is not cleaned up,.
reduce the ration till it is. Trampled
and soiled food en the hatch floor
is wasted, as rabbit food—he Is too
much of an epicure to eat It unless
very hungry'.
If the rabbits seem troubled with
looseness of tho bowels, cut down on
the green food, and mix some flour
with the grain, Fresh water should
be before them all the time, and a
piece of rock salt. Tho latter will
make salting of the food unnecessary.
In winter, rabbits should have a
warm mash once .a day, preferably in
the morning. Give the nursing doe all
of this she will eat, One good mash
is made of ground alfalfa, wheat bran,
rolled oats, equal parts, with some
chopped -up vegetable like carrots.
Corn fodder makes a pleasant change
occasionally. Be extremely careful in
experimenting on the rabbits' food,
and guard particularly against bowel
trouble. -
A County Library.
Reading has been the source of
education and inspiration to most of
our great men. Books have been their
treasures through their trials and
their successes.
In some places everywhere there are
families in whose homes books are
unknown. In such homes, the people
O O .l live within. themselves as their lives
are limited to their own experiences.
They do not know- the joy of drawing
from the world's accumulated knowl-
edge and inspiration .as preserved - in
books.
In these homes boys and girls are
growing up to take their places in the
world's activities. It is of public con-
cern that they beeducated for effi-
cient citizenship. They need access to
pantry with immense cupboards which} good boobs so that their education
held dishes and dining:room ssupplies. may be •broad!
Thera were -drawers here for table A county library will meet the needs
linen and silver: Under the window...of these young folks and their parents
was space for•the refrigerator, with' It will meat the needs" of all rural
outside drip, and the clothes chute, residents who are interested in books
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degree,
l itwillbring h
for dropping soiled linen into the,.,, .g to them, to a certain
degree, the conveniences_ of a library
system such as exists in most good-
sized towns and cities.
Al county..library is supported by
county taxes. It lends books and
magazines free to anybody in the
county, Distribution nay be made by
a book truck which makes regular
trips tt the homes of the farmers;
collections-ef books may be placed in
stores, schools, churches, granges and
other rural societies, or the rural de-
livery may he used for distr nbuting the
books, and branch libraries may be
established in towns, and villages The
-whole system should be in charge of
experienced librarians who would be
willing to give counsel and infornia-
tlon- in person, by mail or over the
telephono.
Towns and cities with tax supported
libraries already; established can con-
tinue their independent libraries, in
which case they would be taxed for
tho county library system,
POACH
has suited vie. Of course, it was a
city kitchen, but- the arrangement
would be perfectly practical for a
country home. With a washroom ad-
joining, it would be large enough, too
for the real work of a kitchen, p eper-
ing food. -
This kitchen was 12x13 feet, The
entry from the living -room was
through a hall, out of which wentboth.
cellar stairs and stairs leading to the
upper rooms. This hall made it pos-
sible to keep the smells of .cooking
from the living -room. It opened into
the kitchen in the east nide, next to
the north wall. From this -doorway to
the south wail were cupboards with
two doors, reaching from floor to ceil-
ing.
I'n the middle of the south wall were
two windows five feet from the floor,
beneath which was the sink, with
pipes going into the wall - instead of
into the floor. This made it easy to
clean around under the sink, as there
were no pipes to catch the dirt back.
of them, but this arrangement proved
the one flaw in an otherwise perfect
kitchen:. In building, thepipes bad
not been perfectly protected :from the,
cold, and every 'winter they,feeze up.
Builders have told me, however, that,
this )night have been avoided, by pro-
tecting the pipes where they entered.
the wall with an extra coat of cold -
defying material.
took
tired,
so few -steps you couldn't get
The entry to the dining -room.
was on the north side, opposite the
sink. Between the two rooms was a
laundry in the basement.
To me it was an ideal arrangement.
Some women night object to the pan-
try between kitchen and dining -room,
but .the few extra steps it made were
to nee more than offset by the fact
that it effectually shut off a view of
the kitchen from the dining -room, and
also helped to keep out odors. There
was no room in the kitchen for loung-
ers, onlyspace for one quilt next the
pantry door, and this was soobviously
in the way that it discouraged visitors -
sitting there long. Thie might also.
be a drawback to some women, but if
ycu are one of the sort :Our can't
work and talk, and- do not like to stay
in the kitchen forever, it is ti, good
plan.
: always kept s,, high stool slipped
under the sink boam:d for me!'own
use.
It was the work of a moment to pall it
out and sit down to prepare vegetables
or fruit for a meal, or even to dry
dishes.
THE CHILDREN'S
HOUR
The F ilipiras, like all Oriental
racks, %tee rico as their principal ter-
eel food. This rice in eultiveted miler
great handicaps, Most of the large
rice -growers in the vicinity of :Manila
plow their fields with onn-han?led
steel plows drawn by water befral''cee
or carabaos. The rice is transplanted
from seed -beds, :harvested by hand
and threshed in a eomnntnity machine.
In a very mountainou.: section of
the Philippine Islands the inhabitants
have only the very eteep Iuount.'tin-
sicles on which: to raise their crops of
rice. Those who 'see the hillside be-
fore the preparation for farming be-
gins would say that it wasutterlyim-
possible; but to these mountaineers it
is not impossible, for they must have
rice, and this land is the only place
on which they can raise it. So they
set to work with atieks and bare hands
and actually terrace a steep mountain-
side, making level sections on which.
to plant their'eraps. Rocks and stones
are all taken out and laid aside 4n
order to build a wall around the ter-
races, for lice needs plenty of water
and these sections must hold the
wetter that is diverted into them.
Sometimes these walla are very high,
but average about fifteen feet and
wide enough so that the tops can be
used as paths, along which the farm-
ers walk.
These terraces are irrigated by
streams of water far up in the moun-
tains.
Among other interesting thongs
seen in the Philippines are the e • ra-,
haos, the burden -bearers of the Is-
lands. Not only 'do they do the plow-
ing in the rice and corn: fields, rill
they are used for heavy hauling of
sorts. Work -horses as we know them
in this country are seldom seen in the
Philippines, as they do not thrive in
the hot climate. The horses there are
small and much like our ponies, and
are used almost entirely for carriage
purposes. The carabaoe are very do-
cile animals, end the natives seem to
be able to guide them wherever they
wish with only a single line or perhaps
none. When they are not working
they are usuallyfound in some. of the
many esteros or waterways, wallow-
ing in the mud, or grazing on the
"careba.o lettuce."
The picturesque nipa huts of the
natives are interesting when you•
think that they have been. constructed
without a foot of lumber, a nail,, a,
pound of hardware, without paint,
plaster, plumbing, stone, brick, or tile.
Yet they withstand: earthquakes and
storm and. heat, and are piatuxesque
as well. In certain parts of Manila
one may still see rows of these nipa
huts.
Knock off the shoes and turn the
horses in pasture for a week or so,
when summer work. is over.
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